Statement of Yamanaka Only other name (other than Fredericks and Plambeck) that Yamanaka recalls: Lt. Smith, a marine pilot based on Okinawa, captured after crashing at Tanegashima, Kagoshima-ken in the first part of July, sent- to Tokyo. Doesn't recall any of the photographs.
Statement of Nakao (10 Sept 1947) Nakao recalls talking to a Samuel Shepard Smith, a Lt. who crashed in Tangeashima (southern tip of Kyushu), held for 2 days at the 57th Army, heard he was sent to Tokyo.
Statement of Nakao (24 Oct - 27 Oct 1947) Smith was the about the last flyer sent to Tokyo, several months before the Surrender.
Statement of Nakao (28 Oct - 5 Nov 1947) After May 1st, Lt. Watkins and Samuel S. Smith were the only flyers sent to Tokyo that Nakao knows of definitely.